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Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton, as well as several other sheriffs around Oregon, will no longer honor requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain jail inmates past their required time.
(Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian)

Here at The Oregonian, I helped report several stories about how sheriff's offices across the state are changing their policies surrounding immigration detainers. There was lots of national news, too.

Usually I choose the top six immigration stories I've read in the past week. Today, I present seven:

Local

ICE detainers: At least nine Oregon counties have put a stop to holding undocumented immigrants in jail for the sole purpose of deportation, a shift that legal experts say will inevitably spread across the state and, possibly, the nation. The Oregonian

Hispanic babies: An Oregon School Boards Association newsletter claimed more than half of all babies born in Oregon in 2013 are Hispanic. PolitiFact Oregon found out that's not really true. The Oregonian

Driver cards: The Sheriffs of Oregon political action committee announced last week its opposition to a November ballot measure that would grant driving privileges to Oregonians who can't prove their legal residency. The Oregonian

National

Immigrant comedy: Comic Hari Kondabolu, a former immigrant-rights organizer in Seattle, incorporates his former profession into his jokes. His album, "Waiting for 2042," references the year the Census Bureau projects white Americans will become the minority. Fresh Air, NPR

Lawyering up: In a reversal from five years ago, the majority of immigration court cases in 2013 involved people with legal representation, according to new federal government data. National Journal

Sex abuse: A high school student being held in a Minnesota jail for federal immigration authorities was repeatedly sexually assaulted last month by his cellmate, a registered sex offender. The assault highlights an emerging nationwide pattern of sexual abuse at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers. Star Tribune

Deporter in chief: A lot has been said recently over President Barack Obama's deportation record, prompting news organizations and think tanks to drum up wide-ranging conclusions. However, the number of immigrants who lived in the U.S. illegally and were deported by the Obama administration has fallen in each year he's been in office. USA Today